Summer Sonic Festival

The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Chiba, Japan. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Chiba the following day and vice versa. The line-up contains many Japanese rock musicians from both major and indie record companies, and also international acts. It also operates the festival Sonicmania, with an EDM focus, since 2011. Summer Sonic is an independent festival, owned by Creativeman Productions Ltd.

"Sonicmania" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Sonic Mania.
Summer Sonic Festival
Marine Stage in Chiba (c.2008)
GenreRock and Alternative
DatesEarly August
Location(s)
Years active2000-present
WebsiteFestival Website

History

Summer Sonic Festival was founded in 2000 in Japan, with a focus on major national and international acts. Among the first bands in 2000's lineup were 311, Arrested Development, At the Drive-In, Ben Folds Five, and Coldplay.

The EDM section of the festival was later split into Sonicmania which is held at Makurai Messe the day before the festival, which according to Time Out, "Held as a warm-up for Summer Sonic each year, the all-night Sonicmania party caters to dance kids who aren't so well served by the main festival itself"[1] in 2011.[2]

Producer Creativeman formed a joint venture with Live Nation Entertainment in 2012.[3] Live Nation bought full control of the venture in 2014.[4]

In 2017, the festival was expanded to Shanghai, China.[5]

Performances

Lineups for the festival in past years are as follows:

2000

2001

2002

Tokyo Only

Osaka Only

  • B-DASH
  • Dragon Ash
  • GagagaSP
  • Hitomitoi
  • Rise From The Dead

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010
August 7 (Chiba)/August 8 (Osaka)August 8 (Chiba)/August 7 (Osaka)

2011
August 13 (Chiba)/August 14 (Osaka)August 14 (Chiba)/August 13 (Osaka)

2012
August 18 (Chiba)/August 19 (Osaka)August 19 (Chiba)/August 18 (Osaka)

2013
August 10 (Chiba)/August 11 (Osaka)August 10 (Osaka)/August 11 (Chiba)

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Rainbow Stage

Beach Stage

Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Rainbow Stage

Beach Stage

2014
August 16 (Chiba)/August 17 (Osaka)August 16 (Osaka)/August 17 (Chiba)

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

2015
August 15 (Chiba)/August 16 (Osaka)August 15 (Osaka)/August 16 (Chiba)

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

2016
August 20 (Chiba)/August 21 (Osaka)August 20 (Osaka)/August 21 (Chiba)

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

2017
August 19 (Chiba)/August 20 (Osaka)August 19 (Osaka)/August 20 (Chiba)August 26 (Shanghai)/August 27 (Shanghai)

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Marine Stage

Bravo Stage

Garden Stage

2018
August 18 (Chiba)/August 19 (Osaka)August 18 (Osaka)/August 19 (Chiba)

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Rainbow Stage

Beach Stage (Chiba)/White Massive (Osaka)

Ocean Stage (Osaka)/Marine Stage (Chiba)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Rainbow Stage

White Massive (Osaka)/Beach Stage (Chiba)

2019
August 16 (Chiba)/August 18 (Osaka)August 17 (Chiba)/August 16 (Osaka)August 18 (Chiba)/August 17 (Osaka)

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Billboard Japan Stage (Chiba)/Massive Stage (Osaka)

Beach Stage

Rainbow Stage

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Billboard Japan Stage (Chiba)/Massive Stage (Osaka)

Beach Stage

Rainbow Stage

Marine Stage (Chiba)/Ocean Stage (Osaka)

Mountain Stage

Sonic Stage

Billboard Japan Stage (Chiba)/Massive Stage (Osaka)

Beach Stage

Rainbow Stage

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See also

References
  1. http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/event/11134
  2. http://www.creativeman.co.jp/sonicmania/2011/
  3. "Live Nation Continues Expansion In Asia Through Creation Of Joint Venture With Leading Japanese Promoter Creativeman". Bloomberg (Press release). 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  4. Ingham, Tim (2014-04-23). "Live Nation takes control of Japan business". Music Week. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
  5. https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/summer-sonic-shanghai-luna-sea-placebo-the-kooks
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